ADEA Washington Update

On June 26,
in a 5–4 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the legality of President Trump’s Presidential
Proclamation No. 9645, saying it does not violate the establishment clause[1]. The proclamation sought to ban travel to the United States primarily by people living in
Muslim-majority countries.

The majority
opinion evoked a 46-page dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who wrote that
the majority “leaves undisturbed a policy first advertised openly and
unequivocally as a ‘total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United
States’ because the policy now masquerades behind a façade of national-security
concerns.” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined Sotomayor’s dissent. Justice
Stephen Breyer filed a separate dissent that Justice Elena Kagan joined. Take a
look at ADEA’s involvement in this case here.